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22 unusual facts about Croatia


1997 Croatian Bol Ladies Open

The 1997 Croatian Bol Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bol in Croatia that was part of Tier IV of the 1997 WTA Tour.

1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open

The 1999 Croatian Bol Ladies Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Bol, Croatia that was part of Tier IV of the 1999 WTA Tour.

Battle of Knin

The first attacks began on 7 November and were directed to Strmica north of Knin and the road to Bosansko Grahovo.

Cerina

:for the village in Croatia see Cerina, Croatia

Croatia rediviva: Ča, Kaj, Što – baštinski dani

He is also the author of the Wall of Poetry (Zid od versi) at the central square in Selca, onto which plates of the wreathed poets (poetae oliveati) are mounted, with engraved year of the wreathing, name of the poet and a few verses carved into the Bračian marble.

Dinara Division

The statement was accepted by commanders of these areas during a conference at Strmica near Knin a month later.

Dragutin Lesar

Dragutin Lesar was born on 4 March 1956 in village Mačkovec near Čakovec in Socialist Republic of Croatia.

Dražen Kutleša

Kutleša spent the last year of seminary (1992–1993) in Bol, where the Sarajevo Seminary was dislocated during the war.

Fascist Legacy

The Rab concentration camp witnesses and atrocities in the Croatian village of Podhum near Rijeka are shown.

Fužine

Fužine, Croatia, a village and municipality in Primorje–Gorski Kotar County, Croatia

Gazi Husrev-beg

In less than three years, he conquered the fortresses of Knin, Skradin and Ostrovica.

HŽ series 1061

The uniqueness in contrast to other Croatian electric locomotives is that it uses the 3 kV DC system, and is only deployed on the Šapjane-Rijeka-Moravice Line.

Josip Duvančić

Josip "Mićo" Duvančić (born 1 October 1935 in Razvođe village near Promina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Croatian former football player and manager.

Juraj Dobrović

Juraj Dobrović (born 1928 in Jelsa, Croatia) is a Croatian artist working in the media of sculpture, painting and graphic arts.

Ladislaus Kórógyi

However, he succeeded in strengthening his position against the collegiate chapter of Požega whose canons tried to dispute his supervisory right.

Mače

Mače, Croatia, a village and municipality in Krapina-Zagorje County in Croatia

Ostrovica

Ostrovica, Croatia, village in Croatia, near Benkovac, in Lišane Ostrovičke municipality

Otavice

Otavice, Croatia, a small village in the Dalmatian hinterland in Croatia

Ružić

Ružić, Croatia, a village and a municipality in the Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia

Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

SAO Bosnian Frontier made attempts to unite with the Autonomous Region of the Serbian Frontier in Croatia.

Vladimir Varlaj

Along with these marine landscapes were views of pastures and valleys from continental Croatia (Klek, Dobra, and around Zagreb).

Žirje

Žirje, Croatia, an island and settlement in the Adriatic Sea in Croatia


2008 Men's Water Polo Olympic Qualifier

Germany, Italy, Greece and Canada qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, joining Australia, China, Croatia, Hungary, Montenegro, Serbia, Spain, and the United States.

Aaron Altaras

Altaras mother was forced to escape Croatia with his grandparents, Jakob and Thea Altaras, because his grandfather has been politically persecuted in a mounted court case by the League of Communists of Croatia.

Aldo Andretti

Aldo Andretti (born February 28, 1940 in Montona d'Istria, Italy (now Motovun, Croatia)) is the twin brother of Mario Andretti and the father of John Andretti and Adam Andretti.

Andrónico Luksic

Luksic was born in Antofagasta, to a Bolivian mother, Elena Abaroa (great-grandchild of Bolivian War of the Pacific hero Eduardo Abaroa), and a Croatian immigrant father, Policarpo, who had arrived in Chile from the Adriatic island of Brač in 1910 and had made a living in the nitrate industry.

Bilina

Bilina, Croatia, a historic settlement in inland Dalmatia, Croatia

Bošnjaković

Dražen Bošnjaković (born 1961), Croatia's Minister of Justice 2010–2011

Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County

Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, southern Croatia.

Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Croatia selected its entry for the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest through the "Dora 2003" contest, which was held between 7 and 9 March 2003, organised by the Croatian national broadcaster Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT).

Dalmatian

Dalmatia, a region mainly in the southern part of modern Croatia

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Dvorište

Dvorišće, previously known as Dvorište, a village near Glina, Croatia

Đorđe Novković

In 2003 Novković gained a lot of popularity as judge of Story Supernova Music Talents, a reality show for aspiring musicians similar to Popstars aired on Nova TV.

Eltz Manor

In 1990, he returned from Eltville to the newly established state of Croatia and became a member of the Sabor parliament at Zagreb.

Genomic phylostratigraphy

Phylostratigraphy, a novel statistical method, was developed by Tomislav Domazet-Lošo at the Ruđer Bošković Institute in Zagreb, Croatia.

Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961

Aged 55 on the night of the contest, she was also the oldest, a record she would hold until 57 year-old Dado Topić took to the stage for Croatia in 2007.

Gustav Globočnik Edler von Vojka

Brestanica is a small town located approximately 60 km from Zagreb, Croatia, and 100 km from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Humanitarian Law Center

In April 2008 the submission of evidence by HLC about war crimes committed in Lovas, Croatia, led to the Belgrade War Crimes Chamber began the trial of 14 indictees for their alleged role in the killing of 70 Croatian civilians in the first war crimes trial of former Yugoslav National Army officers.

Jelsa, Croatia

Jelsa is a town in Croatia, on the island of Hvar, the seat of the eponymous municipality (općina) within the county of Split-Dalmatia.

Josef Ressel

He worked for the Austrian government as a forester in the more southern parts of the monarchy, including in Motovun, Istria (modern-day Croatia).

Josipović

Ivo Josipović (born 1957), President of Croatia, lawyer and composer

Kanal, Zagreb

Kanal is a neighborhood in the city district of Trnje in Zagreb, Croatia.

Kosovo Campaign Medal

The Air Campaign refers to any flight operations which are performed in the land area and air space of Serbia (including Kosovo), Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, and Slovenia, as well as the waters and air space of the Adriatic and Ionian Sea, provided such flight operations are in direct support of Kosovo peacekeeping actions.

Križevci

Križevci, Croatia, a town in the Koprivnica-Križevci County in central Croatia

La Compagnia della Forca

The text, instead, is a strange delirium that mixed Max Bunker's style, Tolkien, medieval history, classical Northern European and Middle Eastern tradition, and personal travels (for example, Magnus' travel to Croatia with his wife).

Ladislaus V of Hungary

Ladislaus the Posthumous (1440-1457), also known as Ladislaus of Bohemia and Hungary, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia; and Duke of Austria

Lithoglyphus apertus

The type locality is "in der Save bei Agram in Croatien", which means in the Sava River near Zagreb, Croatia.

Maricite

Maricite is named after Luka Maric of Croatia, (1899–1979), the longtime head of the mineralogy and petrography departments at the University of Zagreb.

Medzev

The struggle for power continued throughout the Counter-Reformation and eventually resulted in the rebuilding of the monastery under the supervision of Maria Theresia, the Habsburg Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Croatia.

Mikulić

Ivan Mikulić (born 1968), Bosnian Croat singer who represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004

Milan Radonjić

Consequently and especially after Serbian law prohibited TV card readings, he started working at five television stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including nationwide OBN television based in Sarajevo, and a number of television stations in Croatia, including nationwide Nova TV based in Zagreb.

Molise Croats

Molise Croats originated from area of Zabiokovlje (hinterland area of mountain Biokovo) in southern Croatia, between cities of Imotski, Zagvozd and Makarska (theory based on čakavian and štokavian-čakavian features in Molise Croatian speech, found also in Zabiokovlje area) (Muljačić).

Najbolji hrvatski tamburaši

After a tour of America organized by the Croatian Fraternal Union, the band started to compose more music about Croatia.

Nazario Sauro

Sauro was recognized and placed on trial for his previous act of treason, and, after facing a military tribunal in Pola (now Pula in Croatia) was sentenced to death and hanged.

Olugbenga Adelekan

In 2012 Olugbenga toured Asia, Australia, Russia, and the UK, as well as touring festivals across Europe including Field Day (UK), Dot to Dot Festival (UK), off Sonar (Spain), Soundwave Festival (Croatia), Kendal Calling (UK) and Summer Sundae Weekender (UK).

Paracentrotus lividus

The gonads are considered a delicacy in France, Italy, Spain and parts of Croatia, most notably on the island of Korčula, and are also eaten to a lesser extent in Greece.

Petar Kanavelić

Petar Kanavelic was born in Korčula, Republic of Venice, now modern Croatia, the last male descendant of an old, wealthy and distinguished noble family of the town.

Pošip

It is a natural companion for fish dishes as well as Pršut and the light-bodied cheeses that Croatia produces such as Paški sir.

Radojevo

Hrvatska Klarija got its name after Croatian settlers (nobles that originated from Turopolje), that were settled there by the Diocese of Zagreb on its possessions (see Hrvatska Keča, Hrvatski Čenej).

Šamac

Slavonski Šamac, a town on the left bank of the river Sava, in Croatia

Sanski Most

Sanski Most is home to many different types of stores, and in the city center Konzum is located, part of a food chain from Croatia.

Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The golden age of Serbs in the early Middle Ages comes with Prince Časlav Klonimirović (r. 927-960), who managed to include all former territories; He concluded a voluntary confederation with the local chiefs of Bosnia that brought them out of Venetian-Croatia's control.

Siniša Martinović

Siniša Martinović (born Tuzla, December 19, 1980) is a Croatian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Schwenninger Wild Wings of the 2nd Bundesliga.

Sveti Petar

Sveti Petar u Šumi, a village and municipality in Istria County, Croatia

Tatjana Šimić

Tatjana Šimić (born 9 June 1963), also known by the mononym Tatjana, is a Croatian-Dutch model, actress and singer.

Tesla's Letters

The play takes place in 1997, two years after Operation Storm and the Dayton Agreement and two years prior to the start of the Kosovo War and the US-led 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, with the scenes set at the Nikola Tesla Museum in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on a bus at the Serbian-Croatian border, and at Tesla's birthplace in the Croatian village of Smiljan.

Udbina

The local airport was used as airbase for offensive operations against Croatia and Bosnia, in direct defiance of NATO's Operation Deny Flight.

UK Wolf Conservation Trust

Projects supported by the UKWCT include helping to buy livestock guardian dogs for Bulgarian shepherds, as well as supporting wolf research and education in the Tver region of Russia and also in Croatia.

Una National Park

Protection zone of the National Park stretches on the western side from the source of the Krka creek and its course to the confluence with the Una on the state border of Bosnia and Herzegovina with Croatia from where park border follows the Una and state border to the town of Martin Brod and confluence with the Unac.

ZaMirNET

Amidst the "worst crimes committed in Europe this century" the first major experiment in email was launched in June 1992 in Zagreb and Belgrade, almost exactly a year after Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia, triggering a brutal response from Serbia.